Striker Kailey Gear sinks Zebras in her final game for University

GUN University striker Kailey Gear has ended a sparkling 10-game stint in the Southern Women’s Premier League on a high, netting a hat-trick as the students edged out Tilford ­Zebras 3-1 at KGV on Sunday.

Gear is heading home to Chicago on Thursday after a superb campaign, scoring 24 goals in 10 games.

For all avid followers of the league it is well known that it’s no easy task to lead Olympia Warriors’ duo Rani Cavarretta and Bliss Cantrell in the golden boot tally.

Cavarretta, who has 18 goals in 12 games, is now in pole position to add to her 2013 golden boot with the departure of Gear who has been the first to really challenge for the award in the last few years.

Cavarretta netted 24 goals in 21 matches last season – a feat Gear eclipsed in just 10 games by scoring in all but one appearance.

Gear, 24, is among the strongest, most skilful and agile the league has seen and certainly matches it with, if not surpasses, the competition’s best in recent times.